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                                  UNITED STATES
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549


                                  SCHEDULE 13G

                    Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
                               (Amendment No. 3)*

                           RenaissanceRe Holdings Ltd.
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                (Name of Issuer)

                    Common Shares, par value $1.00 per share
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                         (Title of Class of Securities)

                                    G7496G10
                         ------------------------------
                                 (CUSIP Number)

*The  remainder of this cover page shall be filled out for a reporting  person's
initial filing on this form with respect to the subject class of securities, and
for any  subsequent  amendment  containing  information  which  would  alter the
disclosures provided in a prior cover page.

The information required on the remainder of this cover page shall not be deemed
to be "filed" for the purpose of Section 18 of the  Securities  Exchange  Act of
1934 ("Act") or otherwise  subject to the liabilities of that section of the Act
but  shall be  subject  to all other  provisions  of the Act  (however,  see the
Notes).







                                Page 1 of 9 Pages


2


- ------------------------                                  ----------------------
CUSIP No. G7496G10                      13G                Page  2  of  9  Pages
- ------------------------                                  ----------------------

- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1  NAME OF REPORTING PERSON
   S.S. OR I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSON

   Warburg, Pincus Investors, L.P.               I.D.# 13-3549187

- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
2  CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP*          (a) [ ]
                                                              (b) [X]

- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3  SEC USE ONLY


- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
4  CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION

   Delaware

- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                5  SOLE VOTING POWER

                   -0-

               -----------------------------------------------------------------
  NUMBER OF     6  SHARED VOTING POWER
   SHARES
BENEFICIALLY       7,914,619
  OWNED BY
    EACH       -----------------------------------------------------------------
  REPORTING     7  SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
   PERSON
    WITH           -0-

               -----------------------------------------------------------------
                8  SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER

                   7,914,619

- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
9  AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON

   7,914,619

- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
10  CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (9) EXCLUDES
    CERTAIN SHARES*      [ ]


- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
11 PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW 9

   33.6%

- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
12 TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON*

   PN
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------


                      *SEE INSTRUCTION BEFORE FILLING OUT!


3


- ------------------------                                  ----------------------
CUSIP No. G7496G10                      13G                Page  3  of  9  Pages
- ------------------------                                  ----------------------

- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1  NAME OF REPORTING PERSON
   S.S. OR I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSON

   Warburg, Pincus & Co.                         I.D.# 13-6358475

- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
2  CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP*          (a) [ ]
                                                              (b) [X]

- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3  SEC USE ONLY


- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
4  CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION

   New York

- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                5  SOLE VOTING POWER

                   -0-

               -----------------------------------------------------------------
  NUMBER OF     6  SHARED VOTING POWER
   SHARES
BENEFICIALLY       7,914,619
  OWNED BY
    EACH       -----------------------------------------------------------------
  REPORTING     7  SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
   PERSON
    WITH           -0-

               -----------------------------------------------------------------
                8  SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER

                   7,914,619

- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
9  AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON

   7,914,619

- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
10  CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (9) EXCLUDES
    CERTAIN SHARES*     [ ]


- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
11 PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW 9

   33.6%

- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
12 TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON*

   PN
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------


                      *SEE INSTRUCTION BEFORE FILLING OUT!

4


- ------------------------                                  ----------------------
CUSIP No. G7496G10                      13G                Page  4  of  9  Pages
- ------------------------                                  ----------------------

- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1  NAME OF REPORTING PERSON
   S.S. OR I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSON

   E. M. Warburg, Pincus & Co., LLC               I.D.# 13-3536050

- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
2  CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP*          (a) [ ]
                                                              (b) [X]

- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3  SEC USE ONLY


- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
4  CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION

   New York

- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                5  SOLE VOTING POWER

                   -0-

               -----------------------------------------------------------------
  NUMBER OF     6  SHARED VOTING POWER
   SHARES
BENEFICIALLY       7,914,619
  OWNED BY
    EACH       -----------------------------------------------------------------
  REPORTING     7  SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
   PERSON
    WITH           -0-

               -----------------------------------------------------------------
                8  SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER

                   7,914,619

- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
9  AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON

   7,914,619

- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
10  CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (9) EXCLUDES
    CERTAIN SHARES*       [ ]


- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
11 PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW 9

   33.6%

- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
12 TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON*

   OO
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------


                      *SEE INSTRUCTION BEFORE FILLING OUT!


5


Item 1(a).    Name of Issuer:
- ---------     --------------

              RenaissanceRe Holdings Ltd. (the "Issuer")

Item 1(b).    Address of Issuer's Principal Executive Offices:
- ---------     -----------------------------------------------
              Renaissance House
              8-12 East Broadway
              Pembroke HM19 Bermuda

Items 2(a)    Name of Person Filing; Address of Principal
and (b).      Business Office:
- ----------    -------------------------------------------

              This  statement is filed by and on behalf of (a)  Warburg,  Pincus
              Investors,  L.P.,  a Delaware  limited  partnership  ("WPI");  (b)
              Warburg,  Pincus & Co., a New York general partnership ("WP"); and
              (c) E.M. Warburg,  Pincus & Co., LLC, a New York limited liability
              company  ("EMW LLC"),  which  manages WPI. WP, as the sole general
              partner of WPI, has a 20%  interest in the profits of WPI.  Lionel
              I. Pincus is the managing partner of WP and the managing member of
              EMW LLC and may be  deemed  to  control  both WP and EMW LLC.  The
              members of EMW LLC are  substantially  the same as the partners of
              WP. The business address of each of the foregoing is 466 Lexington
              Avenue, New York, New York 10017.

Item 2(c).    Citizenship:
- ---------     -----------

              Not Applicable

Item 2(d).    Title of Class of Securities:
- ---------     ----------------------------

              Common Shares, par value $1.00 per share (the "Common Shares")

Item 2(e).    CUSIP Number:
- ---------     ------------

              G7496G10.

Item 3.       Not Applicable
- ------

Item 4.       Ownership:
- ------        ---------

              (a) 7,914,619 Common Shares, as of December 31, 1996.

              (b) 33.6%








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              (c) (i)   -0-
                  (ii)  7,914,619
                  (iii) -0-
                  (iv)  7,914,619

Item 5.       Ownership of Five Percent or Less of a Class:
- ------        --------------------------------------------

              Not Applicable

Item 6.       Ownership of More than Five Percent on Behalf of Another Person:
- ------        ---------------------------------------------------------------

              Not Applicable

Item 7.       Identification and Classification of the Subsidiary Which Acquired
- ------        the  Security  Being  Reported on By the Parent Holding Company:
              ------------------------------------------------------------------

              Not Applicable

Item 8.       Identification and Classification of Members of the Group:
- ------        ---------------------------------------------------------

              Not Applicable

Item 9.       Notice of Dissolution of Group:
- ------        ------------------------------

              Not Applicable

Item 10.      Certification:
- -------       -------------

              Not Applicable








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                                   SIGNATURE
                                   ---------

    After  reasonable  inquiry and to the best of my  knowledge  and  belief,  I
certify that the information  set forth in this statement is true,  complete and
correct.

Dated:  February 14, 1997


                                    WARBURG, PINCUS INVESTORS, L.P.

                                    By:   Warburg, Pincus & Co., General Partner


                                    By:  /s/ Stephen Distler
                                       -----------------------------------------
                                         Stephen Distler, Partner


                                    WARBURG, PINCUS & CO.


                                    By:  /s/  Stephen  Distler
                                       -----------------------------------------
                                         Stephen Distler, Partner


                                    E.M. WARBURG, PINCUS & CO., LLC


                                    By:  /s/  Stephen  Distler
                                       -----------------------------------------
                                         Stephen  Distler, Member








                               Page 7 of 9 Pages


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                                    EXHIBITS

Exhibit 1         Joint Filing  Agreement,  dated February 14, 1997,
                  among the signatories to this Schedule 13G.





















                               Page 8 of 9 Pages






                                                              Exhibit 1

                             JOINT FILING AGREEMENT
                          PURSUANT TO RULE 13d-1(f)(1)
                          ----------------------------

         The undersigned  acknowledge and agree that the foregoing  statement on
Schedule  13G is  filed  on  behalf  of each of the  undersigned  and  that  all
subsequent amendments to this statement on Schedule 13G shall be filed on behalf
of each of the  undersigned  without the  necessity of filing  additional  joint
filing  agreements.  The undersigned  acknowledge that each shall be responsible
for the timely filing of such amendments,  and for the completeness and accuracy
of the information concerning it contained therein, but shall not be responsible
for the  completeness  and accuracy of the  information  concerning  the others,
except  to the  extent  that  it  knows  or has  reason  to  believe  that  such
information  is  inaccurate.  This  Agreement  may be  executed in any number of
counterparts  and all of such  counterparts  taken together shall constitute one
and the same instrument.

Dated:     February 14, 1997


                                    WARBURG, PINCUS INVESTORS, L.P.

                                    By:   Warburg, Pincus & Co., General Partner


                                    By:  /s/ Stephen Distler
                                       -----------------------------------------
                                         Stephen Distler, Partner


                                    WARBURG, PINCUS & CO.


                                    By:  /s/  Stephen  Distler
                                       -----------------------------------------
                                         Stephen Distler, Partner


                                    E.M. WARBURG, PINCUS & CO., LLC


                                    By:  /s/  Stephen  Distler
                                       -----------------------------------------
                                         Stephen  Distler, Member







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